Surveillance of poliomyelitis in Northern Italy: Results of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance and environmental surveillance, 2012-2015

• Main Authors: Laura Pellegrinelli (Author), Laura Bubba (Author), Valeria Primache (Author), Elena Pariani (Author), Andrea Battistone (Author), Roberto Delogu (Author), Stefano Fiore (Author), Sandro Binda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Although in the last years poliovirus (PV) transmission has been reported at the lowest levels ever recorded, the spread of virus from endemic countries endures; the high levels of immigration flows across the Mediterranean Sea jeopardize Italy for PV reintroduction. The World Health Organization (W...